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HomeMy WebLinkAboutcclc.min.0307181 COMMERCIAL CORE & LODGING COMMISSION MINUTES OF MARCH 7, 2018 Chairman Steve Fante opened the meeting at 8:34 a.m. Commissioners in attendance: Steve Fante, Charles Cunniffe, Terry Butler, Bill Dinsmoor, Angi Wang, Kiki Raj. Absent was Amanda Tanaka. Staff present: Nicole Henning, Deputy City Clerk; Linda Manning, City Clerk; Mitch Osur, Parking Services Director. Siam Castillo was present and said she is interested in joining CCLC as a board member again. Ms. Butler endorsed her. She said she has been running the winter market for Ryan Chadwick and it is ending March 31st so she will have more time to give then. Mr. Cunniffe entered the meeting. MOTION: Mr. Cunniffe moved to approve the minutes for January 17th, Ms. Butler seconded. Mr. Cunniffe motioned to approve the minutes for February 21st, Mr. Dinsmoor seconded. Ms. Manning introduced and welcomed our new board member, Angi Wang, to CCLC. Ms. Manning kicked off the meeting by addressing the board about CCLC’s upcoming meeting with City Council. She said that one of Council’s top 9 goals this year is to discuss boards and commissions and reevaluate all of them to determine if they are doing what they were set out to do from the beginning. One aspect of the goal is to look at the ordinances and see if the boards are sticking to what their initial idea was. Ms. Raj entered the meeting. Ms. Manning continued on to say that Council is looking at the term limits, membership and goals of each board and would like to meet with each one during a work session to discuss these items and more. Mr. Cunniffe said that Council has to let the boards do their job and get out of their way. Mr. Fante pointed out that there Is no authority associated with CCLC and asked Ms. Manning for guidance. Ms. Manning said she would like this board to meet with Council and say what you want to do. She said there is great opportunity to be involved with the pedestrian mall, the new bike issue and the mobility lab and suggested they get involved with the community businesses and get out there and talk to people. She said she would like for them to come up with some things that need to be brought to Council’s attention and that they need a game plan. She said they also need to include new hot topics that are going on now not just including what CCLC has done in the past. She mentioned that they really need to take this seriously as the mayor is considering making CCLC just a Saturday Market advisory board. She also said that it would be great if CCLC would come up with a welcome new business owner package. She is not sure what or if ACRA is doing to welcome new businesses so this might be a perfect place for CCLC to get involved. Mr. Osur said he has the budget to create welcome baskets and that 2 COMMERCIAL CORE & LODGING COMMISSION MINUTES OF MARCH 7, 2018 Council loves that stuff. Ms. Manning said she envisions something included in the basket from RFTA, chamber bus passes, a letter from the members of CCLC, etc. Mr. Osur said that City Council would love for us to take the lead and we need to come up with a great plan. He said that ACRA does a lot of great things, but if we are going to work separately, CCLC can find their own ways to take the lead. Mr. Cunniffe asked how can we work better together or as allies with ACRA. He suggested that they should have a sit down with ACRA outside of this forum and see if they can find enough connective tissue to be able to work together. He also suggested that everyone bring their “bucket list” to the next meeting. Mr. Osur said he will take the lead on getting a list of all businesses. Ms. Manning suggested that CCLC come to the next meeting with a list of short, medium and long-term goals so we can show our vision. Mr. Fante suggested meeting with Council on a bi-annual basis. Mr. Osur said that they should shoot for having the gift baskets ready to go by June 1st. The board moved on to voting the Chair and Vice Chair. Ms. Raj nominated Mr. Dinsmoor for Chair, Ms. Butler seconded. Mr. Dinsmoor denied the nomination and said he would like to nominate Mr. Fante as Chair, Ms. Raj seconded. Mr. Dinsmoor nominated Mr. Cunniffe for Vice Chair, Ms. Butler seconded. All in favor, motion carried. I mentioned Felicia and her husband doing t-shirts for the Saturday Market and asked the board if they would like her to bring designs to a meeting and they unanimously agreed that they would like her to come. I mentioned Ms. Strickland’s Saturday Market contract and passed a copy to Ms. Wang to review. The contract lists a 2% increase per year. Mr. Osur said that if we raise the booth fees a little bit, that’s ok and we are in very safe financial territory. MOTION: Mr. Cunniffe moved to approve Ms. Strickland’s contract, Ms. Raj seconded. All in favor, motion carried. Ms. Kathryn Camp entered the meeting to discuss Mountain Parent Magazine and said it is published here in the Roaring Fork valley and is tailored to a unique parenting lifestyle. There is a new section in the magazine called, “around the table”, which features local food sources, local farmers and growers and a local chef will be creating the menu, etc. This April is the inaugural issue and Chris Keating of the Pine Creek Cookhouse will be creating the menu. She said if CCLC commits to two editions, they will give an introductory rate of 100.00 and then 250.00 for the summer edition. They will present a diverse range of the growers in the valley so we think this is a great fit for the Saturday Market to have ad space. Mr. Cunniffe suggested they do it in form of a message more than an ad; telling what the market hours are, etc. Ms. Wang asked if it will be on the chef page and not lumped with the other ads so it has relevance and Ms. Camp said yes and that April and July are the print dates. 3 COMMERCIAL CORE & LODGING COMMISSION MINUTES OF MARCH 7, 2018 MOTION: Ms. Butler moved to approve the ad in Mountain Parent Magazine, Mr. Cunniffe seconded. All in favor, motion carried. Ms. Camp said they offer complimentary design services for the ad and Mr. Fante said he will work with her directly on the wording, etc. Mr. Osur said he will start bringing the City Council agendas to the meetings to keep the board updated on upcoming items. Mr. Cunniffe motioned to adjourn at 9:54 a.m., Ms. Raj seconded. All in favor, motion carried. __________________________ Nicole Henning, Deputy City Clerk